Click on the Table tab. Click on the Options button to display the dialog box. Be certain the Automatically Resize to Fit contents check box is deselected. Click OK to close the Table Options dialog box. Click OK to close the Table Properties dialog box. Tired of Word changing the dimensions of table cells to accommodate what you place in those cells? Word displays the Table Properties dialog box. Make sure the Row tab is selected. I assume there is no way to LOCK the rows from expanding vertically, even when you click 'exactly' if.
You know that moment when you finally figure out something, but you figured it out years after you really needed it? Don't you freaking hate that?! Don't Miss: Thanks to Reddit user, whom I hate, yet love, I now know how to change chunks of text from all capital letters to lowercase.
There were so many times in school when I needed to copy text from some PDF or a source like and all of the letters were in uppercase! SOMETIMES I SIMPLY FORGOT THAT CAPS LOCK WAS ON AND WOULD HAVE TO RETYPE THAT WHOLE SENTENCE.
If only I knew about this easy MS Word keyboard shortcut, I would've saved so much time and effort. Note that this trick will work with most of the Office suite of apps, including Word, Outlook, Powerpoint, and Excel How to Change Cases in Microsoft Word for Windows If you're using MS Word on a Windows system, simply highlight the text and press:. Shift + F3 Word will automatically lowercase everything first, and if you tap the shortcut again, it will take into account periods and capitalize the start of a sentence. For example, it will start out looking like this.
How to Change Cases in Word for Mac If you have Word for Mac, then you're going to have one extra key to press for this shortcut. Since the function keys at the top of your keyboard are used for a bunch of other things by default (brightness, sound, keyboard light, etc.), you will need to press the fn key to actually utilize the function keys. So in order to alter your case, highlight the text and press:. Shift + fn + F3 Alternatively, you can highlight the text and go to Format - Change Case and then select your preferred case style.